Augusta, GA — A semi-truck got caught up in an accident in mid-July just outside Augusta, starting a major fire and killing one driver. Police later released some updates on this and identified the driver who died as Michael Hacker, 53, from South Carolina.
They said that Hacker had been driving his semi-truck on I-20 at about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 16.
Hacker was going east in his semi-truck when he came upon some stopped traffic due to some congestion ahead. From what the police are saying, it looks like either Hacker’s truck hit the back of another semi, or another semi rear-ended him.
The impact caused Hacker’s truck to catch fire and he was killed immediately. However, it doesn’t appear that anyone else was injured.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation and there’s been no updates so far.
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